Three men holding charged with manslaughter, preventing the lawful burial of a body and trafficking in dangerous drugs

     Police today (December 28) laid holding charges against two men, aged 51 and 62, jointly with one count of manslaughter. They were laid holding charges jointly with another 20-year-old man with one count of preventing the lawful burial of a body. The 51-year-old man was also laid a holding charge with one count of trafficking in dangerous drugs.

     The three men were arrested on December 25 and 26 in connection with a manslaughter case happened in Sheung Shui on December 23 in which a 22-year-old man died.

     The case will be mentioned at Fanling Magistrates’ Courts this morning.